Melaenornis pammelaina | Southern Black Flycatcher | Swartvlieëvanger
Melaenornis pammelaina | Southern Black Flycatcher | Swartvlieëvanger
Modimolle, Nov 2007
Die Oog, Jan 2021
Kamonande, Dec 2021
juvenile
juvenile
A breeding resident. Common and widespread across the Waterberg, less so in the surrounding thorn savanna (69% in, 31% out; recorded in 81% of the Waterberg pentads); frequents woodland, especially where the grass layer is shortly cropped; found singly or in pairs; a conspicuous species, easily mistaken for Fork-tailed Drongo but its more demure nature and its habit of perching on lower outer branches while hawking insects sets it apart. Breeds in summer.
